Improvement in animal-traps



aient @ritira CECRCELNART, or NEW BMTAIN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent Nq. 110,973, dated January 17, 1871.

. IMPROVEMENT 1N AmMAL-TRAPS.

The Schedule refen'ed to in these? Letters Patent and making part of the samer.

I, GEORGE L. HART, of N ew Britain, in the county of Hart-ford and State of Connecticut, have made Certain Improvements in Animal-Traps, of- Whi'clr the following is a specification.A

Nature and Objects of the Invention. This trap is intended for the purpose of catching large or small. animals, from rats and miceupward, the size of thev trap being varied to adapt it to the game desired to be ensnared.

Descriptionof the Accompany/ing Drawing.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the trap, unset.l

Figure 2 is a front view of the trap,uuset.

Figure 3 is a front view ofthe trap, set.-

Generctl Description.`

The letter to designates a rblock of woo1l,of the same size as' shown in the' drawing, a large space on the under side of which is cutaway, and the circular open- -iug b let into this open space.

'jhe trap shown is ofthe size Convenient for catch? ing mice. i

On the top of the block (1 is fastened, by'one end, the Hatspriug c, bearing up smartly against the arm rl", which Vis a part of the choker cl; and the action ot' the spring is such as to throw the choker d, when released from the'oatcli of the bait-hook, up against l the top of the openspace in the vunder side of the block u, as seen in fig. 2, andthus tightly hold the unfortunate mouse who has unconsciously provoked its embrace. v

The bait-hook c is much like the common. bait-hook used in the common wood choker mouse-trap; to the lower end e1 the bait is fastened; near its upper endl it swings on the cross-pin f.

The top of the bait-hook e'is 'bent forward, sons,`

to catch upon and hold down the end of the arm cl,

which is attened for that purpose, when it is desired to-set the trap.

The arm'cl hasn bearing on the top 0f the-block a,

into which it is held by the cap g.

The Combination of the block a, spring c, choker d,

and bait-hook e, the whole Constructed and arranged substantially as and forA the purpose set forth.

GEORGE L. HART.

Witnesses:

THEO. G, ELLIS, W. E. SIMoNDs. 

